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For press releases, media inquiries or to speak with a vascular surgeon, contact Kay Severinsen at (312) 334-2317 or by email. (No solicitors, please.)
June 24, 2016 • Press Release
SVS and AVF Invited to Present to Medicare Panel on Lower Extremity Chronic Venous Disease
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 24, 2016 – The Society for Vascular Surgery and the American Venous Forum have been invited to present information to a panel that will address five questions from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on lower extremity chronic venous disease July 20 in Baltimore, Maryland.
June 1, 2016 • Press Release
CLI- More accurate, positive way to predict limb preservation
‘CAN YOU SAVE MY LEG?’RESEARCHERS NOW HAVE A BETTER ANSWER FOR PATIENTS CHICAGO, Illinois, June 1, 2016 -- Some patients who are in danger of losing an arm or leg due to hardening of the arteries have been getting more hopeful news from vascular surgeons at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston.
May 20, 2016 • Press Release
Low income PAD patients chose stent over exercise
CHICAGO, Illinois - Conventional wisdom might suppose that everyone would avoid surgery if possible.
May 6, 2016 • Press Release
Ken Slaw, PhD., named executive director of SVS
CHICAGO, Illinois, May 6, 2016 –The Society for Vascular Surgery Board of Directors is pleased to announce Kenneth M. Slaw, Ph.D., as the society’s next executive director, replacing Rebecca Maron, CAE, who will retire May 30, 2016.
May 4, 2016 • Press Release
Gut microbes may hold key to vascular healing
NIH GRANT and SVS award support RESEARCH ON GUT MICROBES’ EFFECT ON restenosis Chicago, Illinois– Could microbes in the gut impact human arteries? Surprising early research suggests they might play a role.
